Entertaining and, at the same time, frighteningly predictable.

When Michael Winner shot this third Death Wish film on the streets of Lambeth (although it's set in New York), could he have foreseen the Brixton riots that followed soon afterwards?

And could this story of street violence happen here?

Happily, Charles Bronson is the lone vigilante is here to wipe the teenage punks and their leaders off the face of the streets.

'Who is this man? We need him! ' gasps an elderly resident, as the impassive Bronson unloads a missile-launcher.

The star's minimalist acting offers proof that life begins at age 65; Deborah Raffin is the romantic interest who's clearly expendable in every way.